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To subject aliens convicted of fraud to deportation and to bestow concurrent jurisdiction to revoke the citizenship of any naturalized United States citizen convicted of fraud on any court that enters such a conviction.
Summary
This bill amends immigration law to make fraud a deportable offense for non-U.S. citizens convicted of committing fraud against individuals, funds, corporations, or government entities. The bill requires mandatory detention for immigrants convicted of fraud. The bill also allows any court that convicts a naturalized U.S. citizen of fraud or other specified criminal offenses to revoke their citizenship and cancel their naturalization certificate. These changes take effect upon enactment and apply retroactively to fraud cases dating back to September 30, 1996.
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Sponsor (1)
3 cosponsors
- Rep. Feenstra, Randy [R-IA-4] (R-IA)
- Rep. Kelly, Mike [R-PA-16] (R-PA)
- Rep. Wied, Tony [R-WI-8] (R-WI)
Money behind the sponsor
Top reported contributors to Earl L. "Buddy" Carter’s campaign committee (2024 cycle) — who funds the bill’s sponsor, not a claim about this bill. Data from FEC.
- NULL $80,924
- INTERNATIONAL AUTO LOGISTICS $7,500
- SAVANNAH PILOTS ASSOC $6,600
- HENNESSY AUTOMOBILE COMPANIES $6,600
- SADOWSKI CO $6,600
Organizations whose employees gave the most — itemized individual contributions grouped by the donor’s reported employer (FEC Schedule A). Full finance for Earl L. "Buddy" Carter → · Outside spending →
Actions (2)
- Jan 8, 2026 Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary. · house
- Jan 8, 2026 Introduced in House
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Full text
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
January 8, 2026
Mr. Carter of Georgia (for himself, Mr. Wied, and Mr. Kelly of Pennsylvania) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary
A BILL
To subject aliens convicted of fraud to deportation and to bestow concurrent jurisdiction to revoke the citizenship of any naturalized United States citizen convicted of fraud on any court that enters such a conviction.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the “Fraud Accountability Act”.
SEC. 2. INCLUDING FRAUD AS A DEPORTABLE OFFENSE.
Section 237(a)(2)(A) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1227(a)(2)(A)) is amended—
(1) by redesignating clause (vi) as clause (vii);
(2) by inserting after clause (v) the following:
“(vi) Notwithstanding the fraud loss threshold established in the definition of aggravated felony under section 101(a)(43)(M), any alien who is convicted of a crime involving fraud committed against any private individual, fund, corporation, or government entity is deportable.”; and
(3) in clause (vii), as redesignated, by striking “and
(iv)” and inserting “(iv), and (vi)”.
SEC. 3. MANDATORY DETENTION.
Section 236(c)(1)(B) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1227(c)(1)(B)) is amended by striking “covered in section 237(a)(2)(A)(ii), (A)(iii), (B), (C), or (D)” and inserting “described in subparagraph (A)(ii), (A)(iii), (A)(vi), (B), (C), or
(D) of section 237(a)(2);”.
SEC. 4. DENATURALIZATION FOR FRAUD AND OTHER CRIMINAL OFFENSES.
Section 340 of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1451) is amended—
(1) by redesignating subsections (f), (g), and (h) as subsections (g), (h), and (i), respectively; and
(2) by inserting after subsection (e) the following:
“(f)(1) At the time any court in the United States enters a conviction of any naturalized United States citizen for a criminal offense described in section 237(a)(2), such court shall—
“(A) revoke, set aside, and declare void the final order admitting such person to citizenship; and
“(B) declare the certificate of naturalization of such person to be canceled.
“(2) Notwithstanding section 1331 of title 28, United States Code, any court referred to in paragraph (1) shall have jurisdiction to take the actions described in subparagraphs (A) and (B) of such paragraph with respect to a person described in such paragraph.”.
SEC. 5. EFFECTIVE DATE; APPLICABILITY.
(a) Effective Date.—This Act and the amendments made by this Act shall take effect on the date of the enactment of this Act.
(b) Applicability.—The amendments made by section 4 shall apply to any conduct by any alien constituting fraud that was committed on or after September 30, 1996, against any private individual, fund, corporation, or government entity for which such alien was not arrested, charged, or indicted before the date of the enactment of this Act. <all>
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